Shoe-polisher.



J- A. PECKHAM.

SHUE POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. I917- Emma Feb 26 1918,

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JAMES ALBERT PECKHAM, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-POLISHEB.

Specification of Letters Fatent. I Pmtnented Fish. 26, llgllfi.

Application filed June 26, 1917. Serial no. 176,967.

will be simple in construction, effective in operation, and convenient in use. A

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of my improved shoe polishing device; Figs. 2, 3, and 4: are

similar views illustrating various modes of using the device.

Referring to' the drawing, 1 indicates standards mounted upon a suitable base 2, by dropping into auger holes which may be in the top of a box or any other suitable support. Secured on the upper ends of the standards by nuts 3 are the "terminal portions of a round rod or shaft 4;. Mounted on said shaft 4 between said standards are a e central roller 5, which forms a foot rest, and

terminal rollers 6, all preferably of wood.

A person using this device places his foot upon the central roller ,5.- For polishing the toe and front portion'of the shoe, the operator passes the polishing cloth 7 over" its front portion and beneath the two terminal rollers 6, grasping the ends of said cloth with the hands, as shown in Fig. 2, then, by pulling first with one hand and then with the other upon the cloth, he imparts a reciproheel portion, and its terminalportions forwardly around the terminal rollers 6, as shown in Fig. 3, and then, byan operation similar to that described for polishing the toe portion of the shoe, he draws the polishing cloth backward and forward overthe heel portion. Fig. 4 illustrates the mode of using the device when polishing the side por tions and instep of the shoe. In doing this, one terminal portion of the polishing cloth is passed under heel and entirely around the instep of the shoe, and a reciprocating movement is imparted to the cloth in the usual manner.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a device for polishing shoes which is simple in construction, effective in use, since all parts of the shoe can be polished thereby, and convenient in operation, since it is in no case necessary that both hands be moved simultaneously close to the surface of the shoe, or that the shoe be touched by hands at all.

I claim 1. In a shoe polisher, the combination of a shaft, rollers on the terminal portions of the shaft spaced apart sufliciently to permit of a foot being supported in its normal position by a portion of said shaft between said roller, and means for supporting the ends of the shaft, the intermediate portions thereof being free from any supporting means.

2. A foot rest, rollers on opposite ends thereof extending transversely to the foot when the latter is supported upon the foot rest transversely thereto, said rollers having smooth surfaces, and the spac'eimmediately beneath the under sides of said rollers being free from obstructions.

. 3. In a shoe polislier, a horizontal shaft, three rollers respectively around a mediate and terminal portions of the shaft, a base, and posts on said base for supporting said shaft wholly outside said rollers the terminal rollers having smooth outer surfaces adapted to permit a polishing cloth to be reciprocated thereover in contact therewith.

4. A shaft, a foot rest carried by the middle portion thereof, rollers upon the terminal portions of the shaft, and standards for supporting the ends of the shaft.

JAMES ALBERT PECKHAM.

Women of this patent may be obtained. tor five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of ratente,

' Washington, D. 0. 

